22. They were definitely well made. I learned a lot about woodworking and sewing from my elders.

Actually, I learned a lot about car repair from my other Grandfather and quite a bit about cooking from my other Grandmother. She did cook nearly everything in leftover animal grease, but I adapted the techniques well when we went vegetarian over 20 years ago. I have a lot of tools from both grandfathers, most of them over 40 years old.

23. You're fortunate to have had

grandparents who passed their skills on to you. My husband learned carpentry from his father, who'd learned it from his father. It seems Mr. froggy can also repair anything that needs fixing. He passed his skills on to our kids. Our daughter diagnosed the problem with her then-father-in-law's farm tractor one year and fixed it, much to that family's astonishment. She told them, "My dad has always done a lot of mechanical work, and I've paid attention."

24. I've tried to do the same with my daughters. They're involved in a lot of repairs.

That includes basic "handyman" type stuff like fixing a toilet flush valve or a broken door frame and changing lights on the cars and checking the fluid levels. They're also all quite proficient at building and lighting a fire in our pit, cooking, and know more about gardening than many seasoned veterans of the art. We started them from the earliest appropriate days. That's how humans and many other species have survived and advanced over the years and they're not going to get that stuff from a television or video games.